Deck 5: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Albert Ellis and Debbie Joffe Ellis

Question 1

Albert Ellis argues that humans tend to perceive, think, emote, and behave

A) simultaneously.
B) consistently.
C) spontaneously.
D) rationally.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

REBT holds that

A) events determine our emotions.
B) emotions are due to innate tendencies.
C) beliefs mediate events and emotions.
D) our beliefs about ourselves are rational.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

REBT holds that neurotic problems directly stem from

A) impaired family relationships.
B) childhood traumatic events.
C) magical, non-validated thinking.
D) physiological predispositions.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

If transference occurs, a REBT therapist is likely to

A) interpret it in the context of parent-child relations.
B) ignore the transference issues entirely.
C) relate it to the client's irrational beliefs.
D) criticize the client for immaturely relating.

Question 5

In which year was the rational emotive therapy of personality and a holistic method of psychotherapy developed?

A) 1955
B) 1950
C) 1960
D) 1940

Question 6

Which of the following practitioners believe that conditional self-esteem is one of the greatest of all human disturbances?

A) REBT
B) CT
C) CBT
D) UOA

Question 7

Ellis suggests that humans have an innate nature to

A) want, need, and condemn when needs aren't met.
B) have mental illness regardless of beliefs.
C) develop rational beliefs.
D) challenge their own irrational thoughts.

Question 8

Which therapist characteristic would Ellis classify as desirable, but not necessary?

A) Acceptance
B) Warmth
C) Collaborative
D) Confrontative

Question 9

In the REBT chain (A B C D), B refers to

A) behavior.
B) belief system.
C) biopsychosocial model.
D) biological predisposition.

Question 10

Ellis implies that highly cognitive, directive therapies requiring tasks and discipline are likely to be

A) effective in a shorter time period with less sessions required.
B) low on empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive regard.
C) therapies that focus on insight and traumatic past experiences.
D) long-term therapies that lead to insight but limited behavior change.

Question 11

In the REBT chain (A B C D), D refers to

A) disputing irrational beliefs.
B) defense mechanism.
C) data from external sources.
D) deterministic forces.

Question 12

If an individual's needs aren't met, they display a tendency to

A) seek healthy ways of need fulfillment.
B) allow their needs to go unmet.
C) childishly condemn themselves, others, and the world.
D) use internal resources to meet their needs.

Question 13

Albert Ellis was originally trained as a

A) behaviorist.
B) psychoanalyst.
C) humanist.
D) family systems therapist.

Question 14

The individual to assert the importance of the S-O-R model of science over the S-R model was

A) William James.
B) Wilhelm Wundt.
C) Ivan Pavlov.
D) James McKeen Cattell.

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT an insight stressed in REBT?

A) Only hard work and practice will correct irrational beliefs.
B) Self-defeating behavior is past-related but maintained by present beliefs.
C) Current distress results from self-continuation of irrational beliefs.
D) Emotional reactions are the result of past traumatic events.

Question 16

In REBT, caring too much about what others think is frequently associated with

A) psychological adjustment.
B) emotional disturbance.
C) high regard for others.
D) conflicts with society.

Question 17

The psychotherapist whose work was the main precursor for REBT was

A) Sigmund Freud.
B) Carl Rogers.
C) Carl Jung.
D) Alfred Adler.

Question 18

In the REBT chain (A B C D), A refers to

A) antagonistic thoughts.
B) actualizing tendency.
C) aggressive instincts.
D) activating event.

Question 19

In the REBT chain (A B C D), C refers to

A) classical and operant conditioning.
B) circular reasoning.
C) emotional/behavioral consequences.
D) countertransference.

Question 20

The primary goal of REBT is

A) reduction or elimination of symptoms.
B) alteration of basic values and beliefs.
C) insight regarding childhood experiences.
D) enhancing an individual's social interest.

Question 21

REBT states that people are distressed because they are reinforcing _______ thoughts.

Question 22

REBT refers to the ABCD. ABCD stands for _______, _______, _______, and _______.

Question 23

In which year was the Ellis REBT Web site established to promote rational emotive behavior therapy?

A) 2010
B) 2011
C) 2012
D) 2015

Question 24

In REBT, the unconscious is viewed as

A) containing repressed memories secondary to id, ego, and superego conflicts.
B) holding personal memories and nonpersonal archetypal material.
C) virtually meaningless as most elements can be brought into conscious.
D) representing thoughts that can never be brought into awareness.

Question 25

The most salient similarity between REBT and Adlerian psychotherapy is the emphasis on

A) birth order.
B) childhood memories.
C) confrontation.
D) basic mistakes.

Question 26

Research supporting REBT hypotheses suggests that _______ are more important than the events themselves.

Question 27

______________ holds that people condemn others' iniquitous thoughts, feelings, and actions but accept the others as fallible humans-just as they are.

Question 28

REBT would not be appropriate for individuals with

A) posttraumatic stress disorder.
B) depression.
C) adjustment issues.
D) serious brain injury.

Question 29

Ellis contends that secondary problems can be created when

A) emotional consequences cycle into activating events.
B) behavior changes occur while beliefs are unchanged.
C) transferential relationships develop.
D) traumatic events from childhood are left unexplored.

Question 30

In therapy, REBT teaches patients to differentiate between those items they want or desire and _______.

Question 31

Ellis states that many forms of psychotherapy overly stress

A) behavior change.
B) irrational beliefs.
C) traumatic events.
D) unconditional positive regard.

Question 32

Which of the following methods would NOT be used frequently by a REBT therapist?

A) Cognitive restructuring
B) Role-playing
C) Dream analysis
D) Behavior therapy

Question 33

Which of the following represents an area where there would be the most significant difference between REBT and cognitive therapy (CT)?

A) Amount of focus on mediating beliefs
B) Importance of homework compliance
C) Lack of emphasis on past experience
D) Therapist's forcefulness in disputing beliefs

Question 34

To assist a client in dealing with cultural differences, REBT therapists would recommend

A) removing oneself from the unhealthy environment.
B) adhering to one's beliefs regardless of the personal cost.
C) altering cultural beliefs that are held too rigidly.
D) accepting the beliefs of the majority culture.

Question 35

____________ is naturally designed for brief therapy.

Question 36

REBT views the Jungian focus on the collective unconscious as a _______.

Question 37

The solution for dealing with an individual's demandingness most strongly supported by REBT is

A) decreasing demandingness.
B) satisfying the demand.
C) magic and mysticism.
D) distraction.

Question 38

On Albert Ellis's REBT Self-Help Form, illustrated in the book, negative emotions are categorized as healthy versus unhealthy. An unhealthy emotion would be

A) disappointment.
B) hurt.
C) sadness.
D) frustration.

Question 39

Through social conditioning, an individual's proneness to create emotional distress is

A) minimized.
B) redirected.
C) eliminated.
D) exaggerated.

Question 40

The essence of effective psychotherapy is full tolerance of oneself and of others as ______________.

Question 41

REBT can be used to treat clients with a wide variety of maladjustments and disorders; however, REBT should not be used with individuals in the lower ranges of mental deficiency. Give examples of difficulties that are amendable to treatment with REBT, as well as an explanation of circumstances in which REBT should not be used.

Question 42

REBT asserts that people's demandingness often leads to emotional distress, and that people tend to alleviate their pain in both inelegant and elegant ways. How would a REBT therapist deal with the problem of demandingness? What techniques might the therapist use to provide a temporary "solution"? What higher-order solution does the REBT therapist prefer?

Question 43

When a situation is interpreted in a way that creates emotional distress, this distress can then lead to more emotional distress because it becomes a _______.

Question 44

What does the acronym REBT stand for in Albert Ellis' model of therapy? How does each of the REBT components interact?

Question 45

A REBT therapist will often point out a patient's irrational thinking. Who decides whether the patient's thoughts are irrational? What criteria are used to determine that a belief is irrational? How does identifying a thought as irrational lead to change?

Question 46

___________________ encourages acceptance of adversities that we can neither create nor change-such as deaths of loved ones, physical disabilities, hurricanes, and floods.

Question 47

Explain three differences between REBT and a person-centered approach to therapy.